The Washington critic., 1887-09-19


battle Of Pea Ridge ended on Friday
Fort Pulaski was taken, Memphis was
taken, Fredericksburg bombarded, the
battle OF Gettysburg was ended, Lee
defeated at Five Forks. the Union flag
restored to Fort Sumter-all on Fri
days.
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am not baseball enthusiast-ln
fact never have seen what is called
"professional" game--but will say, In
confidence, what is the great trouble
with the Washington Baseball man.
agemcnt. 1t is, 10 find a pitcher that
will hold wa,er-only,
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Few people are aware that the proud
boast OF Englishmen that "the sun
never sets on the British EMPIRE" Is
equally applicable to the United States.
Instead of being the Western limit, San
Francisco is only about midway be.
tween the farthest Aleutian Isle, nc.
qulred by our purchase Of Alaska and
Ea.tport, Maine. Our territory ex
tends through 1877 degrees of longitude,
or II degrees more than half way round
the globe. When the sun is giving its
good night kiss to our westernmost
isle ON the confines Of Behring's Sea.
1t is at the same time flooding the
fields and forests of Maine with its
morning light, and 10 the eastern part
OF that State Is more than an hour high.
AT the very moment when the Alcutian
fisherman, warned by the approaching
shades of night, Is pulling his canoe
toward the shore, the visiting sports
man" Of Maine is casting his fly over
the Maine waters for the festive trout.
~.
Enthusiastic youth on Fourteenth
street horse car: THAT star up there Is
Mars" Poetical car driver "Theu,
the other one, presume, Is Pas ?"
~
Our neighbours boy was sent to the
nearest store recently to procure need.
full but usually rather inconspicuous
article of chamber furniture. That
imp who usually prompts the small boy
to mischief--the same who prompted
our boy when bringing home demi.
john of cider to run a race with our
neighbor' 8 boy-whispered In the ear
OF our neighbOr's boy that the vessel
would appear well on his head; but,
unfortunately, II slipped over his nose,
from which no effort could remove it,
Wearing the unromautic vessel after
the style Of helmet, the youth pranced
about like the war horse who smelleth
the battle 0far off. Astonished people
gathered about-the youth, the maiden.
the matron and gray haired sire-aud
still the small boy danced and gave
vent to smOtherel howls. At length
there advanced to the scene an old col
ored woman, with determination In her
eye and sizable stick in her hand.
With one stalwart blow she de.
molished the encircling crockery, and
young America breathed free again.
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The Pullman vestlbulc train from
Boston-over the Boston and Maine,
and Maine Central Railways-to Bar
Hsrbor, Is the best and most luxuriously
appointed train In the world. The
Maine Central has three track water
tanks, one at Dresden, one near Burn.
ham Junction and one near Lewiston.
The run between Portland and Bangor,
130 miles, is made without stop and
is the longest single run in the world.
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While at Bar Harbor did you catch
sculpm OF course you did, and ten
TO one you broke the second command.
ment when you saw its ugly counte-
nance come out of the water. No one
who has not been there can have any
Idea of your feelings upon that occa.
sion. When l was young and bad
boy 1t enraged me so to catch them
that often vented my wrath upon the
poor sculpins-cutting Sits In their
backs, through which / stuck sticks,
and tying their tails together In pairs
threw them overheard. l examined
| the authorities on fish and fishing to
discover If there was any way to avoid
| the sculpin, and found there Is only
one. You can only cut Mr.. Sculpin's
| acquaintance when he becomes too nu.
merous by pulling up killick aud try.
| ing your luck elsewhere. The sculpin
is said not TO be bad article Of food,
and is favOrite with the Greenlanders,
bNt uS tHNy ulsb tut CuuulCs anu DiuDUGT
the Greenlanders-lhey will hardly
be accepted as authorities on diet by
civilized communities. AS for the
sculpin itself, it has very healthy
appetite and the digestion of an ostrich.
Ii devours small fish, crabs, sea eggs
and Offal from passing vessels-in fact,
nothing goes amiss TO the sculpln.
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The largest railroad bridge In the
world is the Forth Bridge, from North
to South Queensbury, on the Nortaern
Railway OF England. 1t is in process
Of construction, and will be of steel
throughout its entire length Of $3.50 II.
When completed 1t will be one of the
greatest marvels of engineering enter
prise in Europe. The Island of lnck
garvie, in the middle of the arm of the
sea which II crosses, enables the brid gC
to be in four spans, only two of which
are over water. These two principal
spans are each l, 700 feet, and the heigh,
above the sea Of each Is 200 feet When
this elaborate yet simple viaduct Is
completed there will be railway com
munication, almost In straight line,
from London to Aberdeen.
| WILLIAM HOWARD.
Change of Schedule.
After this date, September IS, the steamer